In this episode of the Varying Viewpoints podcast series, we invited Ahira Smith, Grief Coach and Speaker, Founder of From Grief to Life, LLC. Ahira shares her background on becoming a grief coach and how her work differs from therapy, as grief coaches focus on the present rather than going backward. Ahira highlights that grief is more than someone who passed away; it is a relationship with a person, place, thing, or experience. She discusses the different stages and types of grief: anticipatory grief, complicated, and disenfranchised. She describes how you must permit yourself to grieve and be aware of the support system around you. She concludes by discussing that we all grieve differently and that there is always joy at the end of the tunnel. Although grief is challenging, this open and transparent conversation with Ahira emphasizes that the greatness in grief stems from the lessons you gain from it.